The first step in kicking any bad habit is to decide that the habit is no longer acceptable and it has to end. One of the biggest collective bad habits we have is our dependence to plastics. Let’s start a revolution against plastics! While revolutions such as this start from oneself, start moving beyond personal […]
World Environment Day 2021
Even if the lockdown has improved our environmental health to a large extent, however, we should not neglect the pandemic’s detrimental effects on the ecosystem. Increased medical waste, irresponsible use and disposal of masks, disinfectants, and gloves, as well as untreated waste, continue to endanger our environment and human health. This pandemic, while unfortunate, has […]
𝗔 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮-𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿
During one of the IATG inspection, the team recovered the shell of a dead freshwater turtle in Matina-Pangi river. Members of the IATG said that the turtle’s death might be caused by the river’s quality which is highly turbid, dark-colored, and foul-smelling. Freshwater ecosystems near towns and cities are vulnerable to runoff and pollution. Industrial […]
What We Eat Matters
Our food choices have a significant impact on the environment. Whether it positively affects our environment or not depends on how conscious we are of our food consumption. Food production, processing, and transportation contribute to our carbon emissions and higher consumption of energy, water, and synthetic chemicals. These threaten the integrity of our environment and […]
Plastic Straw
“𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘄… – 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝟴 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲” Plastic straws are one of the most often used and discarded plastic products. Because of the chemicals used in their manufacture, certain varieties of straws cannot be reused or recycled. Most plastic straws are often non-biodegradable. Straws are particularly prone to ending up in our waterways, […]
Celebrating Mother Earth on Mother’s Day
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵. As we celebrate the greatness of all mothers in the world today, here are a few Mother’s Day celebration ideas (you can even do this with your family everyday!) for you to consider to honor both your Mom […]
Mitigating Urban Flooding thru Green Infrastructures
Rapid urban expansion exposes assets and people to increasing flood hazards. Urban sprawl and the increase of built settlements can result in the loss of permeable surfaces, decreasing the ability of water to seep underground. As a result, runoff, discharge, and sedimentation increase the rate of urban flooding like those that affect the City this […]
National Arbor Day – Building Greener Cities – 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 The rapid expansion of cities takes place without any land use planning strategy and the resulting human pressure has highly damaging effects on forests, landscapes, as well as green areas in and around cities. Increasing pollution and the frequency of catastrophic climatic occurrences are all effects of urbanization that are frequently exacerbated […]
Nutrition Month
What we eat matters. Every day, the food choices we make have a significant impact on the environment. The good news is that even minor adjustments in what we buy and consume may have a big impact on the environment, such as fewer harmful chemicals, lower global warming emissions, and the protection of our ocean […]
Bantay Dagat: Ocean Frontliners
Plastics are a threat to both humans and non-human species and their continued proliferation is an irony to the City’s claim that LIFE IS HERE. Bantay Dagat volunteers collected an average of 1,200 sacks of garbage from Davao Gulf each month for 2019 (Mindanao Times, 1,200 sacks of garbage collected each month in Davao Gulf […]